A Very Popular Podcast Claims Every Woman Should Be Able To Do 11 Push-Ups, And, Yeah, Sure
April 30, 2025
According to Katie Gould, the founder of KG Strong, a strength-training gym in Philadelphia, the idea that all women should be able to do 11 push-ups likely comes from a 2019 study of 1,100 male firefighters that found that men who could do more than 40 push-ups had a lower risk of cardiovascular disease compared to men who could do fewer than 10 push-ups.
“So, these findings aren’t really…